Fremont suspect in attack on pregnant woman found hiding under mattress

By Natalie Neysa Alund Bay Area News Group

Posted:
06/24/2014 12:03:59 PM PDT

Updated:
06/24/2014 04:05:14 PM PDT

David Contreras, 36, of Fremont, was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
(Fremont Police Department)

FREMONT -- A man suspected of attacking a pregnant woman was nabbed in Fremont's Cameron Hills neighborhood after eluding police for a month.

David Contreras, 36, of Fremont, was taken into custody on Friday at a home on Geddy Court, police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques said.

Contreras had been wanted in connection to a May incident in which police say he physically assaulted a pregnant woman. Police would not reveal how Contreras knew the woman or say how old she is or where she is from.

After the attack, Contreras spoke with police by phone and told them they would not be able to find him, Bosques said. Police immediately began searching for Contreras and leads eventually brought them to the Geddy Court home.

Officers searched the home and found Contreras hiding under a mattress. After a brief struggle, Bosques said, he was taken into custody and arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence, false imprisonment, preventing a victim from calling law enforcement, victim intimidation, a sex registration violation and for resisting arrest.

Police said Contreras may have been hiding at the home for the last month.

As of Tuesday he remained incarcerated at the Santa Rita Jail on $100,000 bond. Jail records show he's due in Alameda County Superior Court on Thursday to be arraigned on the charges.

Meanwhile, police have opened up an investigation into those who are believed to have harbored Contreras while knowing he was a fugitive.

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Anyone with information about the case is asked to call police at 510-790-6800 or the anonymous tip line: 510-494-4856